Bad Weather Looms At Bikini for Atomic Test
Vice Admiral Blandy reports 8 to 1 odds weather will hinder the planned Operation Crossroads test at Bikini. Only select foreign observers may view parts of the target ships before and after detonation, with full technical details kept secret.
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MT. M’kinley
Bikini
U.P
W. H. P. Blandy
William Blanchard
Kwajalein
Bikini Lagoon
Blandy
United States
Operations Crossroads
Navy
Army Adopts New GI Plan
The Army unveiled a new order to reduce caste between officers and enlisted men while preserving essential saluting on posts and ceremonies. Secretary of War Patterson approved 12 of 14 Doolittle board recommendations, including equal leave, altered officer privileges, pay reviews, improved leadership training, and better social facilities for enlisted men.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Army
Patterson
Doolittle “Gripe” Board
War Department
Forrestal Backs Merger Cooperation Plan
Navy Secretary Forrestal informs President Truman of his willingness to cooperate fully with the Army Navy merger program. In a letter released by the White House he calls the President’s objectives attainable and believes legislation can be drafted to overcome difficulties.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Truman
Army Navy
White House
Bikini Evacuation Plans Described By Bomber Test Officials
A United Press report from aboard the USS Appalachian details a 34 000 strong evacuation of Bikini lagoon in 24 hours before the atomic test set for July 1. The plan maps grouped ship movements aims to keep all personnel 10 miles from the blast with staged departure of technical transport and air units and a final 60 minute pickup of the last rearguard crew.
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Frank H. Bartholomew
The
United Press
Bikini Lagoon
APP
Lachian
Bikini
Fitzhugh Lee
Appalachian
Shangri-La
Navy Air Group
W. H. P. Blandy
Mt. McKinley
Burleson
Bikini Atoll
Rain Of Atomic Death Feared Aboard USS Appalachian
Maj John J Slocum warned aboard the USS Appalachian en route to Bikini that a nuclear blast could loft a lethal radioactive cloud up to 60 000 feet within minutes, raining deadly particles on civilians if used in war. He urged cloud tracking and protective measures for observers amid Operation Crossroads trials.
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Appalachian
Bikini
John J. Slocum
Slocum
Siocum
Operations Crossroads
Fruit and Lumber Plants Burned in Medford Fire
A three-block area of Medford's industrial district was wiped out by a major fire destroying two large fruit packing plants and several lumber facilities worth over 1 million dollars. Officials feared harm to the pear industry as the plants could not be rebuilt before the August harvest.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
Copper Wage Pact Rejected
Douglas June 26 The three month strike at Phelps Dodge Corp Arizona properties remains at a standstill after three days of fruitless talks with CIO International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union. G C Davis said the union rejected the June 7 agreement for a two year contract with reopeners and rejected a June 1947 offer to run until Sept 27 1947. Negotiations are recessed with no wage dispute.
Union Bartender Wins Prohibition Party Seat
San Diego report shows John W. Brown, secretary and business agent of the local bartenders union, elected to the county central committee on write in ballots in the June 4 primary. Rex Lord doubts Brown will take office since he is not a Prohibitionist and expects the local 610 members may not form a central committee.
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San Diego
U.P
John W. Brown
Bartenders’ Union
Prohibition Party
Rex Lord
Registrar of Voters
Brown
Sample Ballot Stock Guarded by Powell at Courthouse
At the courthouse, Mrs. Sylvia G. Powell asserts control over sample ballots for supervisors races. Ballots are withheld until her return from vacation, while absentee ballots have already been received by the recorder’s office. Candidates protest, noting prior rationing and unclear office governance.
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Sylvia G. Powell
Board of Supervisors
Powell
James Hubbard
P. S
Bidault New French Head
Paris reports the French constituent assembly approves President Georges Bidault's new coalition government by 317 to 4. He backs a wage rise cap of 15 percent and calls for party truce and national unity while international talks occur and France drafts its new constitution.
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Paris
French Constituent Assembly
Georges Bidault
France
General Confederation of Labor
Constituent Assembly
Baseball Scores in National League Report
Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 4 2 New York defeated Pittsburgh 4 0 Boston won 11 2 over Chicago St Louis topped Philadelphia 4 1 with several NL games listed.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Phillies and Tigers Sweep Ahead in League Action
In a busy night in the American League Detroit routed Boston 16 to 2 while Philadelphia faced St. Louis and Washington battled Chicago to a 3 3 tie after 13 innings.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Chicago
Barkley Urges OPA Extension to Avert Price Controls
Senate Democratic Leader Alben Barkley urged quick Senate approval of a compromise OPA extension bill extending the agency for a year but curtailing price powers. He warned failure would end all price controls at midnight Sunday and warned against Republican opposition seeking to curb meat dairy and poultry controls amid House passage of 265 to 105.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
White House
House
Truman
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
Tom Stewart
D-Tenn
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Wherry
Thom Stewart
Tenn
Okla
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Thomas
House-Senate
House Rules Committee blocks immediate floor action on wage bill
Washington June 26 The house rules committee declined to grant immediate clearance for floor consideration of the administration minimum wage bill. The move sidetracks the measure until after the fall elections and follows debate tied to President Truman's veto of the Case labor disputes bill.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Truman
Purge of Soviet Factory Directors Nationwide
Moscow reports a wide purge by the Ministry of State Control targeting factory directors engineers and accountants for taking illegal bonuses misappropriating funds and transferring state property to personal use. The drive extends east to Tomsk Siberia with trials planned for involved managers and accounting staff.
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Moscow
Ministry of State Control
Tomsk
Siberia
Russians press for quick foreign minister session over Trieste
In Paris on June 26 the Russians urged an informal ministers session to discuss the Italian peace treaty and Trieste. Molotov and Vishinsky led behind the scenes moves as Greece filed a 240 million dollar reparations claim against Italy. An American cruiser Fargo neared the Adriatic with two destroyers, signaling possible trouble.
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Paris
Trieste
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Georges Bidault
France
Greece
Italy
Byrnes
Global and U S News Highlights Report
Highlights from June 26 report tensions over Japan repatriation in Manchuria and Russia veto claim. UN Security Council keeps Franco Spain cases under observation amid Russian voting dispute. Senate approves interior department appropriation bill totaling 247 million. House backs contempt action against Corliss Lamont in American activities probe. Government to announce coffee price increase of 3 to 4 cents a pound for retail buyers.
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Tokyo
George C. Atcheson, Jr
Allied Council For Japan
Russia
Potsdam
Manchuria
New York
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Washington
U.P
Senate
Interior Department
White House
Truman
House
Committee On UN- American Activities
Corliss Lamont
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc
District of Columbia
Russia seeks better US ties as Soviet plans outlined
J M Roberts Jr reports that Moscow aims for greater accord with the United States and may lack practical means to counter Britain. American reaction to Iran furor shapes policy, with fears that Soviet power expansion could threaten UN peace efforts.
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Russia
America
United States
Stalin
British
Britain
Germans Urged Russo Jap War Declassified Nazi Japanese Relations
Washington reports released by the state department reveal long hidden German documents showing Japan and Germany clashed over policy and aid. The notes describe a 1941 German plan for a Japanese attack on Vladivostok and Japan's protests against the Nazi Soviet pact.
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R. H. Shackford
Washington
Upi
Japan
Germany
Russia
Midway
Siberia
Pearl Harbor
U.S
State Department
Vladivostok
United States
Berlin
Nazi Foreign Office
France
Indo-China
Valuations To Change Little Across Arizona Railroads
Phoenix June 26 The state tax commission announced valuations of railroads and telephone companies show little change from 1945. Total state valuation may near 500 million with last year at 489 million and last year’s tax rate 83 cents per hundred. Railroad values hold near 92.3 million. Southern Pacific and Santa Fe properties near prior totals. Telephones total 12.34 million, down slightly due to Postal Telegraph salvage, Mountain States Telephone at about 8.75 million.
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Phoenix
Tax Commission
Southern Pacific Co
Santa Fe
McNary
Southwest Lumber Mill
Verde Tunnel & Smelter
Apache Railway Co
Arizona Lumber & Timber Co
Magma Arizona Railroad Co
Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend Railroad
Telephone and Telegraph
D.C. O'Neil
Postal Telegraph & Cable Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
Postal
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Prisoner Claims He Fatally Harmed Suzanne Degnan
Chicago detectives head to Phoenix to verify Richard Russell Thomas's confession of abducting and dismembering 6 year old Suzanne Degnan. He says he planned a ransom and admitted the crime while awaiting Arizona sentencing, detailing grisly actions and a note demanding money.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
Richard Russell Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Thomas
Degnan
Patricia
Suzanne
Police eye Thomas as top Degnan murder suspect
Chicago police Lt. Phil Olsen said Richard R. Thomas, held in Phoenix after a claimed confession, was perhaps the most likely suspect. Olsen planned to travel to Phoenix with an assistant state's attorney while officers patrolled the lake shore for clues. Further steps depended on talks with Thomas.
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Lake Shore
Field Museum
Lake Michigan
Suzanne
James
OPA
Degnan
FBI
Chicago
W.P
Phil Olsen
Suzanne Degnan
Phoenix
Ariz
Richard R. Thomas
Olsen
Thomas
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James H. Ragen, Jr
Midwest News Service
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J. M. Roberts, JR
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United Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Iva Maisky
By Joe Banks
Stanley Kimbell
Forest Castle
Walter Storms
Arizona
Anne James
Woodlawn Hospital
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